Motivational Quotes

Joy

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

- Bible

Best Quotes about Joy

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

May, Rollo

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Fielding, Henry

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Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

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I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Owens, Jesse

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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

Bible

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Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.

Ecclesiastes

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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

22.

Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

Judd, H. Stanley

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Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

26.

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Dickinson, Emily

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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

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Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Lawrence, Harding

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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Nightingale, Earl

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There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.

Biondi, Matt

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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Mother Teresa

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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

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Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

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If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

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The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen